Fòram na Gàidhlig

Keeping things simple and in line with the original question; the construction 's urrainn do shouldn't be used when expressing permission (which is what the original question implies) that's where faod comes in. 'S urrainn do should be used in the sense of ability.

Chanainn-sa:

Faodaidh tu ga cumail

neoni wrote:cha do thachair mi rìamh ri cuideigin a chanadh v ann an inbhir nis

Cha do thachair no mise!

As a beginner you'll be fine just sticking to v for now. When it turns into w partially depends on dialect (e.g. gabhail can be pronounced either with v or with w), so it's a bit tricky. Just keep your ear open for exceptions as you go along; a notable one is Inbhir Nis, where you do pronounce the ...

I'm with An Gobaire here!

I would say:

Seall, seall, thuirt mi gun robh i èibhinn,

'S tu a thuirt, a bhalaich

chanainn-sa àrainn-ama no ìre-ama.

Dè ur beachd?

I would use a bhalaich instead of 'ille as balach usually refers to younger boys than gille does, plus I've heard many Gaels use it, I've never heard 'ille used in this context.

The Gaelic for clan is actually cinneadh.

'Storyteller' can be Seanchaidh or Sgeulaiche

So you could have Seanchaidh/Sgeulaiche a' Chinnidh.

As Níall says, the word clann means children, NOT clan.

Guys In my post I was pointing out the 2 different meanings of do and the effect they have an the following word(s). In school we are tought the "infinitive" as being the "to" part of the verb i.e. to get, to go etc, the nearest in Gaelic we get to this is the a dh'fhaighinn , a ...

Exactly right Níall: Do can mean 'to' or 'your'. Both cause lention, however when it means 'your' it is never reduced to 'a' and before a vowel (or words beginning with f- ) it is reduced to d' When it means 'to' it is often reduced to 'a' and before a vowel (or words beginning with f- ) you add dh'...

Tha "Rugadh mi ann an ...." ceart a JoP

Rugadh mi fhìn ann an Inbhir Nis, ach thogadh mi ann an Inbhir Pheofharain is tha mi a' fuireach ann an Dùn Èideann a-nis.

I was born in Inverness myself, but brought up in Dingwall and I now live in Edinburgh.

Oh right

I have an update on your request Mike

It appears you would use the verb Tilg (to throw) for 'cast' and a better word for bunch in this case would be grunn.

Thus:

Thilg na daoine a bha a' seasamh an aghaidh na h-uinneige grunn fhaileas

no need for de after grunn.

Why does the word "tr*nslate" appear with some letters replaced by asterisks?

MikeS wrote:Thanks - yes it helps -

My bad; I know about the change of n>m in "nan" before labials but I forgot about it when I typed it!

Yeah, the 'y' is the only way I could think of to approximate the slender 'l'.

Thanks again!

Mike S

'S e ur beatha